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Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash / Hermann L. Strack.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Atheneum paperbacks, T10Publication details: Illinois, U.S.A : Jewish Publication Society of America, c1931.Description: 364 pages : 21 cmISBN:
  • 1590458834
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BM503.5 .S77 1931
Contents:
PART I : Introduction to the Talmud. Definition of terms -- A sketch of the history of the Talmud -- The division of the Mishna (the Talmuds, the Tosephta) and the arrangement of its parts -- Contents of the sixty-three Tractates of the Mishna according to the Order of Moses Maimonides -- The Palestinian Talmud -- The Babylonian Talmud -- The extra-canonical Tractates -- The Tosephta -- History of the Talmud text -- A characterization of the Talmud -- Hermeneutics of the Talmud and the Midrashim -- Textual specimens in translation -- The more important teachers -- Literature -- -- PART II : Introduction to the Midrashim. Introductory remarks -- The Tannaitic Midrashim Mekiltha, Siphra, Siphre -- The homiletic Midrashim -- The oldest expositional Midrashim -- Midrashim of the five Megilloth -- Other expositional Midrashim -- Other Haggadic works -- Collective works and commentaries which go by the name of Midrash -- Midrash collections and translations.
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PART I : Introduction to the Talmud. Definition of terms --
A sketch of the history of the Talmud --
The division of the Mishna (the Talmuds, the Tosephta) and the arrangement of its parts --
Contents of the sixty-three Tractates of the Mishna according to the Order of Moses Maimonides --
The Palestinian Talmud --
The Babylonian Talmud --
The extra-canonical Tractates --
The Tosephta --
History of the Talmud text --
A characterization of the Talmud --
Hermeneutics of the Talmud and the Midrashim --
Textual specimens in translation --
The more important teachers --
Literature --
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PART II : Introduction to the Midrashim. Introductory remarks --
The Tannaitic Midrashim Mekiltha, Siphra, Siphre --
The homiletic Midrashim --
The oldest expositional Midrashim --
Midrashim of the five Megilloth --
Other expositional Midrashim --
Other Haggadic works --
Collective works and commentaries which go by the name of Midrash --
Midrash collections and translations.